File:STS-133 repaired external tank.jpg
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English: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP) and cracks on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel have been repaired. A hydrogen gas leak at the GUCP during tanking for Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station caused the launch attempt to be scrubbed Nov. 5. The GUCP is the overboard vent to the pad and the flame stack where the excess hydrogen is burned off. Also during initial loading operations, the foam cracked on two of the tank's 108 stringers, which are the composite aluminum ribs located vertically on the intertank area. Discovery's next launch attempt is no earlier than Dec. 17 at 8:51 p.m. EST. Until then, engineers will continue to analyze data from the GUCP and stringer crack repairs. For more information on STS-133, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/. |
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